When it comes to creating captivating original content, Netflix have been on a serious roll as of late. They have produced hit after hit, from documentary Making a Murderer to the retro Stranger Things, building on the successes of the already ridiculously popular House of Cards and Orange is the New Black. And it is for good reason … >
After last week’s introduction to the life of Lance Corporal Georgie Lane (Michelle Keegan) and her capture while on a humanitarian mission, the action kicks into high gear almost immediately. But can the episode maintain the pace? “Has anyone got eyes on Lane?” Georgie’s capture by terrorists at the end of last week’s episode throws … >
Fear the Walking Dead has been telling its story in a very different way in this run of episodes, as it’s continuously split itself between two completely disparate stories. That’s led to the recent episodes feeling imbalanced – partially due to a wide quality difference between the two stories, but also because the show has … >
Just as the clinching piece of evidence arrives in the final episode of One of Us, detectives Juliet and Andrew seem to lose interest in the whole thing. Though I wouldn’t go so far as to say I felt the same, it was certainly a less nerve-wracking sprint to the finishing line than I was … >
After a bit of blip with the slightly underwhelming Home From Home, BBC Two’s run of sitcom pilots hits back with a vengeance in the form of Our Ex-Wife. A sitcom starring Robert Webb and Victoria Hamilton as divorced parents of two Jack and Hillary, who have built a successful divorce on hate and seeing … >
So, 350 years after London burned down when a fire began in a bakers, things heat up in the Bake Off tent. The contestants have a (bakers) dozen problems, but a brioche ain’t one. It’s Bread Week, and as Paul sombrely tells us, the Star Baker of Bread Week has always gone on to the … >
I kind of wish the writers of Victoria weren’t so keen to remind us at every turn that the queen and the insufferable Albert (Tom Hughes) are cousins. We get it; they didn’t think it was weird back then. But it’s creepy. So creepy. Historical fact be damned, Vic, don’t marry that dude! He’s your … >
Ross Poldark likes to think of himself as a man of the people. But here’s the 64,000 Shilling question Poldark poses to us this week: can Ross really trust ‘the people’? Well, he can’t trust the viewing people. Half of them are watching Victoria on ITV. And before you start, that’s no bad thing at … >
The opening salvo in the BBC’s landmark Sitcom Season sees Benidorm creator Derren Litten take on Croft and Lloyd’s department store classic Are You Being Served?, with a new episode set just a few years after the original closed its doors. Right from the start, you can tell that this is a revival written very … >
Home from Home is BBC Two’s second offering in its ongoing season of sitcom pilots. Johnny Vegas and Joanna Page buy a rundown holiday home in the Lake District and have a difficult first day with their well-off neighbours Adam James and Emilia Fox. A promising set-up with the possibility of some good class-based humour … >